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April 10, 2021Shave for the Brave 2021: Louise
For our second Day of Brave, we are highlighting Louise Bell this year’s YACC community Shave for the Brave Ambassador!
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March 31, 2021We Get It: Accessibility
Ashley and Shiva discuss how they navigated ableism, racism, and relationship dynamics throughout Ashley’s cancer experience.
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March 22, 2021
We Get It: Finding hope through the struggle
In this week’s episode of We Get It, Karine speaks with Joe Bakhmoutski of Simplify Cancer about hope.
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March 15, 2021
We Get It: Balls of Shit
The BST illustrates the importance of letting go of actions, thoughts, and feelings that no longer serve us.
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March 09, 2021Localife transitions: New leaders, new events!
By Lesley Morrissey What a year Localife has seen! Since March 2020, we have seen a shift to virtual events, more engagement happening within Localife city Facebook groups, and participants […]
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We Get It: Community support for caregivers and self-managed patients
Karine speaks with Tom Masterson of Blue, an “assistant that enables community support for the everyday challenges that come with a health problem.”
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March 02, 2021
We Get It: A chat with Marissa Thomas of For The Breast Of Us
In this week’s episode of We Get It, Karine chats with Marissa Thomas, co-founder of For The Breast of Us, “a breast cancer community for women of color.”
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February 22, 2021
We Get It: Cultural considerations for mental health support during and post cancer
In this week’s episode of We Get It, YACC sits down with Nadia Prando, a multilingual therapist at New Leaf Psychology Centre and PsyMood specialist, about the role representation, language, and culture can play in effective and suitable mental, emotional, and psychological support.
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February 15, 2021
We Get It: Identity
Karine has a conversation with Denis Raymond about how to define your identity after cancer.
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We Get It: A chat with Meghan McInnis of Queering Cancer
This week, Karine chats with Meghan McInnis of Queering Cancer, a website that aims to provide resources and community for 2SLGBTQIA+ people with cancer and their loved ones.
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February 02, 2021
We Get It: Creativity
Karine chats with Genevieve Stonebridge of InspireHealth on the benefits of creativity.
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